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Maritime New Zealand - Latest News [Page 28]

Ghost Rod wins boat safety video competition

Friday, 23 August 2013, 3:54 pm | Maritime New Zealand

A water-based homage to the classic “Ghost Chips” road safety TV advertisement has won this year’s Bounty Hunter Fishing Tournament video competition, which was sponsored by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) and PlaceMakers Big Angry Fish . More >>

Charges laid over discharge of oil into the sea

Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 12:16 pm | Maritime New Zealand

Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has laid three charges against Sanford Limited after an investigation into alleged illegal dumping of oil into the sea of New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone from the Korean foreign charter fishing vessel Pacinui. More >>

Canadian climber rescued

Monday, 12 August 2013, 3:51 pm | Maritime New Zealand

A solo Canadian climber has been rescued after becoming stuck on the side of a ravine at the edge of the Goldney Glacier on the eastern side of Mt Rolleston, near Arthur’s Pass. More >>

Chatham Islands fisherman convicted

Friday, 9 August 2013, 2:10 pm | Maritime New Zealand

Chatham Islands fisherman Stephen George Page and the company of which he is sole director, Flinders Fisheries Company Ltd, have been convicted of operating the fishing vessel Equinox without an appropriate current maritime document. More >>

Big Angry Fish takes to the water with lifejackets

Friday, 26 July 2013, 12:14 pm | Maritime New Zealand

Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) is taking a new lead to encourage “gung-ho” fishermen to wear lifejackets by sponsoring the popular fishing show Big Angry Fish . The first of 13 episodes screens on TV3 on Sunday, 28 July, at 5.30pm. More >>

Charges laid following jet boat collision

Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 12:24 pm | Maritime New Zealand

Charges have been laid against two commercial jet boat drivers following a collision on 4 January 2013 on the Dart River, near Queenstown, in which a passenger suffered a broken clavicle and several others suffered bruising. More >>

Search for missing schooner suspended

Saturday, 6 July 2013, 11:13 am | Maritime New Zealand

The search for an American schooner missing en route from New Zealand to Australia has been formally suspended, after 12 days of searching found no sign of the vessel or its crew. More >>

Missing schooner – update 13

Friday, 5 July 2013, 7:31 pm | Maritime New Zealand

The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) says no more active searching is currently planned for the American schooner Nina, which is missing en route from New Zealand to Australia. More >>

Missing schooner – update 12

Thursday, 4 July 2013, 6:21 pm | Maritime New Zealand

The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) is continuing to assess all available information in the search for the crew of the American schooner Nina, which is missing en route from New Zealand to Australia. Today’s radar search of more than 97,000 ... More >>

Grave concerns for missing schooner – update 11

Thursday, 4 July 2013, 9:05 am | Maritime New Zealand

An RNZAF P3 Orion will depart this morning to resume searching for the crew of an American schooner missing en route from New Zealand to Australia. More >>

Grave concerns for missing schooner – update 10

Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 5:44 pm | Maritime New Zealand

Bad weather has prevented further searching today for the crew of an American schooner missing en route from New Zealand to Australia. The 21m (70ft) Nina , sailing from Opua in the Bay of Islands to Newcastle with seven people on board, has not been ... More >>

Grave concerns for missing schooner – update 9

Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 8:51 am | Maritime New Zealand

An RNZAF P3 Orion has returned to New Zealand this evening after completing a seventh day of searching, without sighting a missing American schooner or its liferaft. More >>

Grave concerns for missing schooner – update 8

Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 8:40 am | Maritime New Zealand

The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has tasked an RNZAF P3 Orion to conduct a search of two areas south of Norfolk Island today, as the search for the crew of an American schooner enters its seventh day. More >>

Missing schooner – update 7

Monday, 1 July 2013, 7:46 pm | Maritime New Zealand

The search for the crew of an American schooner missing en route from Opua in the Bay of Islands to Newcastle, Australia, is nearing the end of its sixth day, with no sightings of the missing vessel or its liferaft. More >>

Three men rescued after distress beacon activated

Monday, 1 July 2013, 12:03 pm | Maritime New Zealand

Two men standing on an upturned boat and one man found clinging to the hull were rescued after they set off their distress beacon on Saturday evening in an operation coordinated by the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ). More >>

Grave concerns for missing schooner – update 6

Monday, 1 July 2013, 10:46 am | Maritime New Zealand

The search for the crew of the American 21m (70ft) schooner Nina missing en route from Opua in the Bay of Islands to Newcastle, Australia, has resumed today (1 July) More >>

Grave concerns for missing schooner – update 5

Monday, 1 July 2013, 9:12 am | Maritime New Zealand

An aerial search for the crew of the historic American 21m (70ft) schooner Nina missing en route from Opua in the Bay of Islands to Newcastle, Australia, has been undertaken today (30 June) without success. More >>

Grave concerns for missing schooner – update 4

Sunday, 30 June 2013, 10:44 am | Maritime New Zealand

An extended shoreline search for the crew of the historic American 21m (70ft) schooner Nina missing en route from Opua in the Bay of Islands to Newcastle, Australia, has been undertaken for a second day today (29 June) without success. More >>

Grave concerns for missing schooner – update 3

Friday, 28 June 2013, 6:25 pm | Maritime New Zealand

A shoreline search for the crew of the historic American 21m (70ft) schooner Nina missing en route from Opua in the Bay of Islands to Newcastle, Australia, has been undertaken today (28 June) without success. More >>

Grave concerns for missing schooner – update 2

Friday, 28 June 2013, 11:37 am | Maritime New Zealand

The search for the crew of the historic American 21m (70ft) schooner Nina missing en route from Opua in the Bay of Islands to Newcastle, Australia will shift to the shoreline of Northland and offshore islands this morning. There are seven people ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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